Brake device.



L- M. MASSON.l

BRAKE DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILEUMAR. I4. |914..

l'lll L. M. MASSON.

BRAKE DEvlcE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. I4. |914 P11-rented Feb. 13,1917.

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.L. M. MAssoN. BRAKE DEVICE. APPLlcmon man Munn. 191.`

`UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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son, a citizen of the French Republic, residing at Romainville, Seine, France, have in'- s'aented certain new and useful Improvements Brake Deviees, `of which the following is a s eifieation.

his invention relates to a control for brakes of any hind. based on the use of a .combination of toothed wheels arranged in such amanner that one of the toothed pin onscun stop in a'given positlon, while allowingy the other plnions to continue their movement. The stoiping of thel said pinion, for instance' in .the` direction of tightening of the brake, is'obtained by doing away with "its teeth along a certain portion. This pinion. eantherefore be (considered as regards its shape as a. sec-tor. ln the opposite direction, that' is to say, in the direi-tion "of releasing, a-pawl is proxided and lhas for its object to bring the teeth again into engagement, and t(j .render all the pinions solidary with eaeh other.V

This deviee applicable to any type of brake eontrol for vehicles or marhnes sueh as cranes, winehes, ete., in` whieh it is nores- Sary to insl'u'eat` therelease,I a emistant play between thespii used l'or braking (brake bloeks orliriakelinul on pulley, wheel, or

drum, shoes or'drags onrails, ete and the part to be bralied, whatever be the wear that .may ha ve been p 'rmlueed duringtlie pre1-.eding braking. i

(,)n theother hand,'"the position of the pin-` ion with interruptedteeth, from the beginliing ofthe tightening tot/lee moment when it leaves the teeth ofthe drivingpinion, ,enables it tol rontrol a part (eeeentrie, itam, pulley, screw, ete.,) having for its vobject to absorb ay certain travel for inereasifl-ig the speed of tightening.

In railways and tramways the brakes are generally controlled by a spindle with a erank or a hand wheel, on whieh is wound the traction chain o'f the brake rigging or system of rods, or by a serew on which travels a nul.. 'lhese arrangements are such Athat the proportion between the drivin ef fort and the resulting elfort on the b oeks is always constant, and that the blocks, at the nioment when the `appl'leatn'ni of the brakesbegms, belng away -froln the wheels,

b'egn to eomenearer the latter with a ius speed always proportional 'to the number Bpeailloeton of Letters Patent.

Applieatlon me@ laugh 14, 181e. Serial Re. 824345 BRAKE DEVICE.

'Pat need Feb. KL13, 1917.

of revolutions made by the hand wheel or the crank in a given time.

The saine conditions obtain in releasing the blocks. Only a few revolutions oi the crank or hand whee are necessary to move the blocks out of etntaet with the, wheels, but Ia number of revtlutions are required before `the bloeks are sullieientl y withdrawn.

The present invennion which pbviates the drawbaeks in questio `1, has for its object;

1. To bring thehoes quickly near the wheels, and then, at the moment when they are in oontaet, to pr( ss' them with the maidL mum pressure.

2. To insure constantly ,and in :1naccurate manner, the same' play"at.the. release, which results in au. automatic:"adjustment until the eomplete wt aring out of the blocks.

Various eonstruetims aud applieationsof the said eontrol devicey arefillustrated by way `of example in the :ueompanyingdrawings,

plan the same eombination of parts with inner teeth. Fig. 5 shows m :eetl'on the. same parts made ofbevel pinlone.

Figa l 'shows In. front elevation Vandfsecions and ol' a tooth rueli.

i Fig. 7 shows in l1 ngltlullnal eleva-tional being -in tlie tightel ed` position, butV with.

different positions, wliieli can beobtained by moving the eccentric, being dia'gi-ammati"-4 eally indieated..

Fig. 10 shows in longitudinal elevation, and Fig. 1l inplan, another practical oontlrution with combined eeeentrie tndlslide 0C', f. r i

Fig. 12 shows. vin longitudinal elevation,

, and Fig. 13 in plan, a. modified construction of tli'same device in she form of anoseillat in shackle.

ig. 14. is a longitudinalielevation of en;

-tion the. same derre ronsisti'ng ol' spur pin V `]n'aetleal minstrurtlou of the rhief parts.` shown m Fig.- l and inoiiperatlng with an ee invention tobrsking n motor vehicle. Thevnrlous apparatus shovv'n 1n the acother modified construction in the form of a shackle sliding longitudinally on the driving shaft.

Fig. 15 Fig. 14.

Fig. 16 is a longitudinal elevation f vthe sume construction in which the pa'wl device is s section online 15-15 of 1s of a .different construction from that shown in the preceding fi lires.`

. invention hu ving cylindr ic'el` W'hcels 'with-- straight teeth. In thisconstruction "the Fig. 17' is ahorizotnu'- section lon line 17T-17 of Fig. 16,- the ports being in' the position correspontling to the released position of the' brake.

Fig. 18'is zi. similar section, the parts being in thejposition corresponding to. the tightening position of the. brake.

Figs. 19, .20., und 2 1 are'pnitizil views in" plan of various applications of the device operated by ndriving cylinder.

Figs. S22-25 `nre diagrams showing differentV methods of arranging the brake rods orl rigging, operated by means of the device nccol-ding to this invention.

Fig-26 is a longitudinal elevation, and Fig. 27 it plan of the applicutlon of the compunying drawing 'con vary :is regards their constructlon, but are bused on the' chief characteristic features shown in F igs. 1-6.

Figs. l sind 2 show s construction of the pinion 30 keyed to the driv'ingshirf'tll, inv parts movement to superposed pinions und 33, one of which, 32', is keyed, und the device being arranged accorilingly.

wheel 37 with inner teeth (Figs. Send 4),

'a bevel pinion 38 (Fig. 5) or s. tooth rack '39 (Fig. e).

Fig. 7 shows a constructionoifn control' i for brakes with chain, in which the pinion i 'posses the chainV ofthe broke before vWou'ndon the shaft 3l. the eccentric'40 has 'for its object to absorb,

.33 with interrupted teeth is secured to an v eccentric 40 which it controls'and over which being during the tightening (Fig. 9D, n hangtli of chainadded to that the eccentric 4Q, can continue to rotate under duce theinaximum tightening.

`braking parts.

spindle 311e.

` tmue its movement on The movement of A wound ut the seme time on the shaft-31 which, ufterthe stopping ci the action of the pinions 32 ond and pro- At the release (Fig. f8), the movementin the 'opposite .direction of, the eccentric 4 0 lbrings about en always constant disengugef ment lWhatever be. the length of chain-Wound on the shaft 31. Stops 41,42 limit the travel of the eccentric `in both directions.

The construction shoWnfin-Figs. 10 und 11, is provided with a fcom lwhich, by acting on e roller 44, moves *longitudinally a.

shackle 4.5 sliding in iiffiini'l' bracket '47 and carrying a p ulley 48 over 'which the chain posses and its sleek is teken up. In this construction, the pinion zwithf' interi-u lpted teeth 1s secured to .the cam 433by thespindle 34, and the combii'i'ution of themovement-of winding of thechuin during the tightening,

is effected byiueu'ns, of thepinion' 32, the

hub of which constitutes the winding drum for the chain.: The construction shown in Figs-12 and 13, is n similar'type of toothed wheels, but in this case the play is taken up by the movement of the spindle 34 and-.of thetwo pinions 32snd 33 mounted on a bracket 49 surface 50 yoragainst -aJ roller.

^ -.The construction shown in Fig.` 14, is the supplication-of my invention ton.

die 51 constituting' vthe drivin which is arranged u nut 5 2 connected to the the screuT 51 sind of the nut-52 is obtiiined 'by miins'of. u helical disk 53 controlled by the pinion 33, the'nut 52 being iible to conthe driving screw 51 under the actionof the pinion The helicu-l disk 53 cooperates With u wheel 53 mounted on n. lixed part of the frame F to raise the parts into dotted line?. position.

pivoted aboutthe drivlng shaft'- 3lv and controlled by the c nm43.v This cam f :rests during its rotation agninst e fiutixed 1 The vertical movement of' 95 screw spin; g part', 'en

The control, 'instead of being e''ected direct by the screw 51 could be effected by n. spindle operating the pinion' I n the four const-motions of toothed wheels shown in Figs..16 the super-posed piiuons can be replecedf byfu'single pinion (Figs. 1648), one tooth 54 of which forms u'pcwl and insures the stoppege of the quickly moving part, while at the return ,the

scid movable tooth 54.- .has for its object to bring the teeth. again into engagement and secure the toothed wheels together.

v'The Asame apparatus can be controlled `by-v n brake cylinder provided with air brake.

Figs. 192l show modified constructions with simple action or quick' action, but

chain.

In the construction' shown in Fig. 19, the

."limiti'ngin both cases the unwinding of the device is simply applied for automatically taking up the play that may b`e produced inthe parts of the airbrake rods' or rigging. f

` ton, acts on a ratchet wheel 78 In this construction, the action of the piston is transmitted by means of a lever 72 with a pawl' 5,5, to the wheel 30 with4 which engages the interrupted pinion 33 andthe pawl pinion, the main construction vof which is indicated in Fig. 1., To the spindle 310i the wheel is keyed 'a lever 73 acting by means of a connecting rod 74 on the brake rods, stops 11 and'42 limiting' the travel ofthe pinion 33.

In Figs. 20:and 21, the device is applied, n combination with an air-brake, both for automatically taking up the play and for quick action of the brake.

In4 the construction shown in Fig. 20, the

piston acts, as in Fig. 19, by means of the loose on the spindle 81 ofthe ratch'e't wheel 78. The said spindle 81 is fixed, and to the` A-same is keyed the pinion with interrupted `teeth. lVhen the ratchet wheel 78 is ad# tanced bythe laction ofthe air piston, .the

I rim 79' .drives the pinion SUwhich, at the same time developing aboutthe fixed pinion 33,' produces the windlng of the cable in a quick movement until the moment when the spindle 83 strikes the fixed tappet 42. llegi'nning with that moment, the Vpinion 80 escapes the interrupted teeth of the 'pinions 33,.which enables the rim 79 to continue itsrlactio'n on the said pinioni 80 for bringing about the' winding of the cable.

he object 'of the pawlg-isto enable the piston always to return to thebottom of the cylinder,whatever be the wear ofthe blocks.

l. utilizi v 'the case of adjustment by the hand brakel ttor condition bei-iig 'necessary for V'e total strokeofthe plston, in

0n a system of brake rodswith central; balance beam as shown in Fig. 22, the piston is provid-edy with a toothed bar 57 on which is mounted a bracket 56 supportingthe lever 5g* 58 to which `are I attached the brake rods 59I -of the brakes and lconnecting; rods 60 for hand control. The distance between the lever 58 and the end of the bracket 56, c orresponds to the normal travel for tightening -Vorapplying the brakes. If this travel is exceeded owing to the wearI of. the blocks,

the bracket 5 6 advances on vthe bar 57 and falls under the action of own weight,

into the front tooth.

Fig. 23 showsthat this device can he applied directly to a rod of the hand brake.

In thesiid Fig. 23, is also shown a method of adjustment of the air brake leverr 61 for han(` control of the brake.

Fig. 11 shows an ordinary system of brake rods operated by hand-control dcvices co'istructed in accordance with the invention.

vFig. 25 shows the adjustment of a' system of rids with air brake on a trailer carI `or truck provided with a hand brake with a screw 1&2 with which is combined the con# trol devi :e with quick action, in' accordance with the construction in Fig. 14.

The ac vantages ofthis control device are as follou s: I

When ipplied to railway or tramway cars,

a single apparatus can heal-ranged near the ai'r cylin ler or ,be made in one piece with-- the latter on each car. v In thai way, the blocks of all the carsare always a1 the same distance from the Wheel's and the araking action 1s exercised on al the wheel s o the train at the same moment.

(')n the other hand, in View of the quick application orie the blocks, the stroke ofY the piston, ils cross-section or the pressure of the air canbe reduced, which resultsln an.

economy in the consumption of compressed For tra mways, the apparatus mounted asl a hand b1 ake, enables' the brake rods aswell as the stroke of the piston of the airbr'ake to be adjusted.

In road vehicles, namely in motor; buses and lorries, the braking being'eifected on drums ai ranged on thev ,rear "wheels, the

brake blo :ks or bands can be controlled by means oi an apparatus hereinbefore described. In the case 4 of the application shown in Figs26 and .27, the stroke ofthe pedal` (i3 i; always constant, and a maximum effort is o ita-ined with a minimum stroke.

fIn this constri'lction, Figs. 26 and"27-, 'the its pedal levc r 6 'is keyed to the shaft 31 of the common pinion 30 which ca nfreely rotate on 6 3 by` means of ratchet 64 held in enga o ment by Vtl ne action of the spring 65; On t e shaft 31' is mounted loose a lever 66 carryin on the ore hand, a pulley 67 over whic passes the cable 68 of the brake, and, on

11a the said shaft 3 1, andfbe coupled to rthe lever the other 1and,a roller 69 engagin witha cam 70 se .fared by means of the spindle 34s4 to the pinion iwith interrupted teeth. The 7 said ca" l7J is extended by a recessed part cooperat g with the roller `69-in order to limit the return travel of ithe cam. vThe pinion 32 is secured to the pulley 46 on which is wound the cable 68. A spring 71 hasthetfndency to 'raise the lever 63 to brin f it ba ck to its original position,`

en the pedal lever 63 isloweredtha1V coupling d evicc (54 acts, on the common pinion 30 in order to drive simultaneously the pinions 32 and 33, so that the cam 70 oper- 1301 lated, by pinion 33, acts onthe 4roller 69 and the pulley G7 for bringing' about q i',k

- movement of the cable G8, When the interrupted teeth of the pinion leave the inion 30,v thepnm 'stops und keeps the ro 1er 69 in engagement with the oirQuintereptiel portion of 'its periphery while the pinion 32 eontimiingv to rotate under the action oi the pinion 30windi; thee/able 68 so as to apply" thev brake.

Du/ring the return movement ofthe pedal, the releaseo'f the 'hrakeis always effected to u Constant extent. Ilf, i

' a'sllieningin the hrnke'prts such 'weer 'or lsleek is utoinatieelly take up hy'the coupling y64, the pedal completing its return travel after the stoppage ot' theeam.

" The seme. pedal lever 63 could also be usedjntl the saine time for voontrolling the clutchof the engine, the. automatic adgustment Tof vthe brake being independent of 'the posit-ionffoi the said pedal;

(ieneiellyspeaking, the application of :in

apparatus vfulfilling by itself one-ot' the two principal 'conditions shove' referred to, or

bothj simultaneously, can be inode on any mechanism provided with a brake such as' cranes, winche s,n1aehines, ete., in which it v\farita, g'eoi 1s to 'eiect the edpistment arue. moment yof tightening.

ved]u stnient of brakes comprising in. eornbinationh driving shaft, :t pinionfixed there toiyjg'i driven Shaft, brake. operating means es iated therewith, e p inQIL, continu! ed to mesh -wthlthe pinion on said driving shaft, a, 'sed ,ondQ-mut-ileted pinion `loosely carried on said -d 'en shaft adapted to mesh at times with ii, pinion on rthe 'driving-shaft', and ooupling veer take plaee or itl eliini :is 'my intention and desire i a eontroldevice for' the automatic:

'Cured to the ea'hle drum and 3i A control de means between the mutilated und eontinnous pinion on said di'wen shaft miep ed to insulea constant an'iount of ploy of the brake operating parts during the tighteifiing endleleesing operations, respeotive'y.

A control device for the eiitoniatio ad-` justinent of bijakes, comprising in combination a. mutilated pinion keyed to e spindle, n Apinion `with contii'luous teeth eoi'icentrio' with the mutilated pinion and loose on the said spindle, a third pinion vwith Wide teeth gearing 'with the two tirst-1nentionelfi pim;

ging n'fith e for the automatik: ad#

jnstment oi breites comprising a. driving pin ion, :i Cable drum soeured thereto, a com tinnous tooth pinion and a. mutilated pinion concentric n-'ith each other and both meshing with the driving pinion, e. retehet nndp'awi' eonnetion between said'two eonoentrio pinions n eeeentifie .drum seoored to tl:1em1'iti said eeentrie drinn. v

in testmionjy Whereof have signedv my name to this Spee two subscribing Witnesses. i.

LOUIS MAXME MASSON.

Witnesses Cime. P. Pimssm', GEORGES' BQNJNEUIL .fieation in the presence 'of passinginround 

